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YOUR CONTRIBUTION SETTING UP HOME IN 1919 Norman Dyson married Mary Dawson in 1919 and moved into 4 Clifton Villas Brierley Here is a copy of the list they made out for their new home The list was very kindly loaned to Baipip by Belle Dyson who is married to Norman and Mary's son Alec. They live on Grange Road Brierley and Alec is 87 (March 2007) Return to Your Contribution index page
Conversion chart from £(pounds) s (shillings) d (pennies) to £ (pounds) p (pence) 1 shilling would also have been written 1/- 1 shilling and sixpence would also have been written 1/6 this could also have been written 1s 6d There were 20 shillings (s) to a pound and 12 pennies (d) to a shilling therefore there were 240 old pennies (d) to a pound Looking at this then item 1 on the list the bedroom carpet costing £7-5/6, 5 is 5 shillings which converted would be 1/4 of £1 which in new money would be 25p, 6d which would have been 2.5p and the £7 so the cost of the carpet in new money would have been £7-27.5p (seven pounds twenty seven and a half pence)
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